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THE MONROSA et al. v. CARBON BLACK EXPORT, INC. (1959)
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| THE MONROSA et al. v. CARBON BLACK EXPORT, INC. |
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| Term: 1958 |
| Important Dates |
| Argued: March 3, 1959 |
| Decided: March 30, 1959 |
| Outcome |
| Petition denied or appeal dismissed |
| Vote |
| 5-4 |
| Majority |
| Hugo Black • William Brennan • Tom Clark • William Douglas • Earl Warren |
| Dissenting |
| Felix Frankfurter • John Harlan II • Potter Stewart • Charles Whittaker |
THE MONROSA et al. v. CARBON BLACK EXPORT, INC. is a case that was decided by the Supreme Court of the United States on March 30, 1959. The case was argued before the court on March 3, 1959.
In a 5-4 ruling, the U.S. Supreme Court dismissed the case. The case originated from the Texas Southern U.S. District Court.
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About the case
- Subject matter: Economic Activity - Election of remedies: legal remedies available to injured persons or things
- Petitioner: Water transportation, stevedore
- Petitioner state: Unknown
- Respondent type: Shipper, including importer and exporter
- Respondent state: Unknown
- Citation: 359 U.S. 180
- How the court took jurisdiction: Cert
- What type of decision was made: Opinion of the court (orally argued)
- Who was the chief justice: Earl Warren
- Who wrote the majority opinion: William Brennan
These data points were accessed from The Supreme Court Database, which also attempts to categorize the ideological direction of the court's ruling in each case. This case's ruling was categorized as liberal.
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